Underwear.



F. F. LEWIS;

UNDERWEAR.

APPLICATION FILED P5512. 27,1905.

latented Sept, 28, 1909.

MW m m N E m FRANK F. LEWIS, OF JANESVILL'E, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB TOLEWIS KNITTING CQl""-' PANY, 0F JA'N'ESVILLE, WESCONS'ZN'.

Application filed march 2?, 1888. 53-11- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, FRANK F. LEWIS, of J anesville, in the county ofRock and. State of Nisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Underwear; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description oi the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention consists in an improvement in underwear and relatesespecially to class of underwear known as union suits or one piece undergarments.

This class of underwear has proved pope lar and has gone into extensiveuse largely owing to the fact that the weight oi such garments iscarried by the shoulders and. hence obviates many of the objectionablefeatures oi the two part suits, among which is the sagging of thedrawers, end also the disarrengement of the undershirt about the waistportion of the bod Union suits as ordinarily made, ere formed of knittedelastic fabric which insures the wearer, freedom of movement withoutlie.- bility of overstraining and tearing the gen ment. The objectionsurged against this class of underwear is its clinging or form fittingnature, which is aggravating and causes con-- siderable discomfort inwarm weather.

The object of my improvement is to ob viate these objectionable featuresby providing a union suit in which its whole front portion is made ofinelastic or comparatively inelastic woven material, while its rwholerearportion is made of elastic knitted material. As thus made, theinelastic front portion will not cling to the body, but will insure aperfectly loose and comic bio lit at all times, while the elastic rearinits perfect freedom of the danger of injury or tearing the gun 'Withthese objects in View my imcotion consists in certain features of coinand arrangement of parts and in: will be hereinafter described a i outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure Tl is it view in front elevationcit my iinnrove- Specification Letter 2 garment may be made of aitalontcd Sen 2%,

ment. Fig. 2 is a rerr View, and Fi 3 is a plan view of the upper orshoulder por iion of the some. v

1 represents the front portion of the meet hich is made of inelastic orcomparatively inelastic woven material and 2 repre its its rear portionwhich made of elastic knitted material. lhe front end. reer portions areunited across the shoulders by the seams 2" 4:; from the lower eo :s ofthe arm b to the bottom of the gar ient the 5, 6, from the crotch, thebottom by the seams 'l, 8. The front end portions may sired in of seems,whicl may be reinforced it deemed necessary.

garments embodying: my improve ment prevented from clinging to the bodyby providing a free oirculeuon. of about the body due to the loosenessof lit or" the inelastic woven material oi which the front portion ismade, while the elastic knitted fabric of which the rear ortion is madeallows of-emple freedom oi movement of the wearer, without danger oftearing the garment.

The col transverse seems -for uniting the two halves of the garment, are

the short seams across the shoulders while the lonoitudinal seams on theopposite sides of the garment, and inside its leg rtions, firmly securethe two sections togotlie By this construction, the entire back the ofoiastic knit-tel fabric, and of uniform elasticity throughout itslength, while the entire ili'ronl' may be made of a continuous piece ofcom;)urutively inelastic fabric, which will. insure the free circulationof air to all por tions ol' the body. As thus constructed the guru-e1.41 be produced at a minimum cost, and constitutes a very siglitly andfinished article weer.

Havi fully described my invention whet ll claim as new and desire tosecure by Let made o coinnziratively inelest (563% c]. s. H 1. 1, 1

be united. by any do continuous piece and having the rear of its bodyportion and the rear of itsleg portions made of elastic Woven material,mid elastic material extending continuously from. the top to the loweredge of the garment and constituting the sole rear portion thereof, saidgarment having seams over the shoulders between the front and rearportions and having seams extending from the arm holes to the lower endsof the leg portions and from the crotch 10 to the lower end of the leg"portions.

in testimony whereof, I have signed this spmciiiuution in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses. v

FRANK F LEWIS. Vitnesses J 01m M. .VVHITEHEAD, FLoss M. APPLEBY,

